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<strong><a href="../../economists/martin.html" target="_blank">Donald L. Martin</a></strong>, formerly Executive Vice President of Glassman-Oliver Economic
Consultants, has joined the firm as a principal. Dr. Martin's practice includes
antitrust
merger and litigation work, intellectual property and damage analysis. He has
made numerous presentations before regulatory bodies, including the Department
of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Communications Commission
and has extensive experience as an economic expert testifying before federal
and state courts, the United States Court of International Trade and the European
Commission. Dr. Martin is the author of numerous books and articles on antitrust,
telecommunications, intellectual property, and labor economics. Before becoming
a full-time consultant, he was a tenured member of the economics faculties at
the University of Virginia and the University of Miami Law and Economics Center.<br><br>
<a href="../../economists/oliver.html" target="_blank"><strong>Lloyd E. Oliver</strong></a> joins
<span class="mstyle">M</span>iCRA as a Special Consultant. He was a senior economist and official of the
Bureau of Economics of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for a number of years.
At the FTC, he was Chairman of the Commission's Merger Screening Committee and
an economist member of the FTC's Antitrust and Consumer Protection Evaluation
Committees, which recommended all investigations and litigation into competition
and consumer protection matters. He was a co-founder of Glassman-Oliver Economic
Consultants, Inc. and was President of the company for most of the twenty-seven
years of its existence. He has testified extensively in court and arbitration
proceedings in regulatory, antitrust, consumer protection and damages matters
(in a variety of settings) and has made numerous presentations before the FTC
and DOJ, as well before other governmental agencies and the European Economic
Commission.<br>
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<strong><a href="../../economists/kambhampaty.html" target="_blank">S. Murthy Kambhampaty</a></strong> is
also joining <span class="mstyle">M</span>iCRA as a Principal. Dr. Kambhampaty is an expert in applied industrial
organization with published articles and reports on applied econometrics and
quantitative microeconomic analysis. He has extensive experience analyzing antitrust,
competition, and regulatory issues in many industries including animal feeds,
retail packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, and dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”).
His analyses frequently rely on complex models using large datasets of transactions
data or retail scanner data, such as analysis of competitive effects from potential
mergers and analysis of alleged price fixing. He has provided oral testimony
in arbitration as well as litigation deposition testimony. Dr. Kambhampaty has
also submitted reports to antitrust regulatory authorities in the United States
and to the European Commission and has made several presentations at the Federal
Trade Commission and other government agencies. <br>
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<strong>Dr. John D. Culbertson and Mr. Todd V. Hasson
are joining <span class="mstyle">M</span>iCRA as Vice Presidents.</strong><br>
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<a href="../../economists/culbertson.html" target="_blank"><strong>John D. Culbertson</strong></a> is
an expert in antitrust economics and economic damages. He has served as a consultant
for clients operating in a number of industries, including health insurance,
physician services, hospital services, radiation therapy services, distribution
of cardiovascular surgery products, submersible turbine pumps, gasoline dispensing
equipment, distribution of internet networking equipment, food retailing, and
real estate services. He had testified more than a dozen times in deposition
or trial. Dr. Culbertson also taught economics at Carleton College, as well as
in the economics department, business school, and law school at Case Western
Reserve University.<br>
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<a href="../../economists/hasson.html" target="_blank"><strong>Todd V. Hasson</strong></a> earned an MBA and is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charter
holder. He has developed damage models, performed valuations, and estimated the
costs of capital and prejudgment interest rates in the context of antitrust,
contract dispute and intellectual property cases. Mr. Hasson has provided deposition
testimony and has completed damage studies on dozens of matters in a wide range
of industries. <br>
<br><strong>We also welcome three new excellent analysts/programmers from Glassman-Oliver:
Andrew Clarke, Daniel Haar, and Matthew Simmons.<br>
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</strong>Everyone at <span class="mstyle">M</span>iCRA is excited about the addition of such capable and experienced
economists to the firm. Our new colleagues enhance our capabilities and experience
in damage estimation, antitrust analysis, and the analysis of intellectual property
issues. These additions have increased our consulting staff significantly, and
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